indian food vs. italian food

paneer is great, but there aren't a bunch of different varieties of indian cheese, is all i meant.

afaik anyway

I guess I'm just trying to understand why british food sucked for so long when france and italy were innovating up a storm during the same time period

really I'm just mad that america inherited the uk's shitty food legacy

we didn't need to innovate! during the upheaval of the industrial revolution, we could just help ourselves to an empire's-worth of excellence, plus many chefs fleeing from turbulent france/italy etc ended up in the uk also!

From wikipedia:
Dates of introduction of various foodstuffs and methods to Britain

1492 to 1914:
turkey: 1524[22]
cayenne pepper,[23]
parsley:[24] 1548
refined sugar: 1540s[19]
lemon: 1577 (first recorded cultivation)[25]
peach (cultivated): 16th century[25]
potato: 1586
horseradish:[26] 16th century
tea: 1610 or later[27]
banana (from Bermuda):[28] 1633
coffee: 1650[29]
chocolate: 1650s
ice cream: first recorded serving in 1672.[30]
broccoli: before 1724[31]
tomato (as food):[32] 1750s
sandwich: named in 18th century
curry: first appearance on a menu 1773; first Indian restaurant 1809[33]
rhubarb (as food): early 19th century[34]
three-course meal: about 1850 (developed from service à la Russe)[13]
fish and chips: 1858 or 1863[19]
Marmite: 1902[35]

Marmite: 1902[35]

I rest my case.

british cheeses do own

My Indian grandfather trying Marmite for the first time is literally the funniest thing i've ever seen in my life.

tomato (as food) made me lol, too: as opposed to what?

tomato (as food):[32] 1750s

was there some industrial use for tomatos?

xposts

tomato (as blood sausage)

people thought tomatoes were poisonous for ages iirc

tomato plants were used as garden plants I think?

number none OTM

those poor fools

tomatoes are a new world crop, along with the potato

always amazed me that italians have been working with tomatoes for only a few hudnred years

This thread has reminded me how much i hate when 'marinara sauce' is used by 'merkins to mean 'napoli sauce'. Anyway, this could boil down to How much time does everyone like spending in the toilet per day.

4 hours a day for me

was wondering where ur display name came from

lol

put a lot of work into it

"In certain areas of Italy, such as Florence, however, the fruit was used solely as a tabletop decoration* before it was incorporated into the local cuisine in the late 17th or early 18th century."

*ie by the Borgias

I like that they called it a day after marmite

This thread has reminded me how much i hate when 'marinara sauce' is used by 'merkins to mean 'napoli sauce'.

now we're gettin down to some kick-ass food pedantry

btw DJP Lik-M-Aid the powder ranks beneath the amazing Mexican sour sugar-and-chile powder "Brinquitos," but Lik-M-Aid sticks are generally considered an outstanding food

you sicken me

oh my god

where the hell has "Brinquitos" been all my life

Was Whiney seriously saying "italian sux bcz Chef Boyardee" or just being an arse?

I like Indian food but it doesn't like me

where the hell has "Brinquitos" been all my life

dude they are...sooo....good

what did my girlfriend buy me for my birthday in 1991? a big ol' bag of BRINQUITOS

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Assuming the ingredients are of the same quality, going with Indian.

Tough call, but I don't think there's an Italian dish I love as much as butter chicken.

real talk

cannot decide

this thread is reminding me that
a) hongry
b) i basically never ever eat italian food anymore?
c) crave indian food
d) have like a bazillion dollars worth of saffron in my kitchen right now that my mom got in Goa for like $2

I just bought saffron today for the first time ever! It reminded me of when my friend's co-worker went to Turkey on vacation and brought him back a lifetime's worth for like $15.

also just walked by a local Italian joint and sitting right there by the window was a large Indian family out for dinner

we love italian food!

I just thought it was funny, like they'd picked that particular restaurant to make me lol

chicken tikka messiah complex imo

plate of shrimp xp

When my housemates went to Turkey for holiday, I asked them to bring back saffron, but they bought back a big bag of turmeric. Dozy stoners.

indian food >>>>> italian food >>>>> english roast dinner >>>>> massive burger

now wait a damned minute

I think that's fair, no? Some days I'll swap the italian for a roast.

Saying that, some days I just want a massive burger. I never claimed consistency.

The only fair way for me to judge this is the best Indian food I've had (which was in Manchester) vs. the best Italian food I've had (which was in Italy, tho also some in NYC was close). I will go with Indian for its amazing range of textures and spices. But mostly, having considered this, I am sad that I now live in a place where you can't get either good Indian or good Italian. I guess I need to try to make some of my own.

Homemade Indian food, if made properly is really fun to prepare and eat.

esp if you own a tandoori oven

a tandoor, even